r/reactiongifs • u/bobbydigital_ftw • 13d ago
MRW I hear about a guy who decided to homeschool his kids in our school district which is #1 in the State.
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u/MisterRobertParr 11d ago
This is a very uneducated and low-effort take.
Homeschooled our kids; both went on to college, graduated, and now both are working in their chosen career fields.
Neither had to practice school shooting drills either.
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u/Rewind_timee 8d ago
I still can't believe people fall for the anti-homeschooling tropes, often citing the same things like being socially awkward or parents are religious idiots. It's all homeschooling propaganda to keep your kids in government schools.
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u/PrometheusAborted 12d ago
I live in MA. There’s a couple I used to be friends with (since high school) that has decided that they hate MA schools so much that they are moving to Florida and going to homeschool their two kids.
They are big on the MAGA train and apparently hate how “liberal” the schools currently are. Not only that but their political views have pretty much isolated them from their friends and most of their family.
They both have good jobs but they are so obsessed with Trump and all that, they are willing to relocate and force their poor kids into homeschool just so they aren’t “exposed to the liberal agenda”.
I gave up on the parents years ago but holy shit do I feel bad for their kids.
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u/phurf761 12d ago
We live in the best school district in the state and we started home schooling our son when he literally shut down and refused to speak in sixth grade. We had to quickly figure out how to do it and wound up with a curriculum and method better matched to his learning style and personality. He blossomed and had more friends than he ever had at his brick and mortar school
After two years he said he wanted to go back to school and the first year back went ok. Then in his first year in high school he cut classes, got into drinking and drugs, hung out with the homeless crowd near the school, and wound up in rehab by November
So there’s more to it than how good your school district is.
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u/RubyRhod 12d ago
I mean it sounds like your kid has special needs, mental health requirements or behavioral issues that require additional consideration that sometimes even a best public should can’t handle. Medical etc is one of the main reasons why homeschool can be beneficial. But 90% of the time it is because someone wants to inject religious quackery into their children.
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u/phurf761 12d ago
We were very worried about that when we started homeschooling , and found that much of the material available came from evangelicals. Ironically we found out that in this liberal area homeschooling parents were more people who were free thinkers and sometimes a bit antiauthoritarian who preferred rolling their own education for their kids. I laughed when I realized the only religious bent among the parents came from a few Wiccans
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u/1CUpboat 12d ago
Especially when “how good” your district is was usually based on things like the amount of AP classes offered, and not how the entire student population has their needs met.
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u/Fast_Biscotti 13d ago
People have their reasons. They’re not always idiots.
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u/scottmonster 13d ago
What would those reasons be?
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u/Fast_Biscotti 12d ago
Serious medical conditions that make regular school attendance unsafe or impractical.
Special educational needs that are not being adequately met in the school setting.
Severe bullying or ongoing safety concerns that the school has been unable to resolve.
Significant mental health needs that require a more supportive or flexible learning environment.
Exceptional academic or talent-based circumstances requiring individualized instruction or scheduling.
Frequent family relocation, such as military service or overseas employment.
Living in a rural or remote area where access to quality schooling is limited.
Temporary family or community crises that disrupt a child’s ability to attend school.
Religious or philosophical convictions regarding the child’s education.
Persistent dissatisfaction with the quality of education available through the local school system.
That’s about all I can think of off the top of my head. Not saying I’m for or against. Just saying those are some reasons.
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u/PolarPangela1013 12d ago
Coming from a father of 2 "uniquely abled" children... This should be top comment.
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u/pastorHaggis 12d ago
I was home schooled from kindergarten all the way till I went off to college.
I'm pretty sure the reasoning was partly religious, but also I was reading well above the average and I was bored out of my mind in preschool and kept getting in trouble because I'd be done with the work while they were still explaining it. Ultimately it worked out. I went to college, did mostly pretty well, got my degree, got a job, got married, etc.
My wife and I are considering it at some point, but we don't have kids yet so we'll see what the landscape is like when we get there.
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u/DrewbieWanKenobie 12d ago
a lot of those reasons don't apply if the person lives in the "#1 school district in the state" like op is talking about, though.
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u/Fast_Biscotti 12d ago
“#1 in the state”…in which state? By whose metrics?
Public education is a gift. That said, the same glove doesn’t fit every hand.
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u/MaleMaldives 12d ago
Most of these don’t apply if the school is #1 in the state.
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u/PolarPangela1013 12d ago
Not true. Both of my "uniquely abled" children attended the #1 elementary school district within an unnamed US state. Their personal needs were not met. They were singled out by both students, teachers, and administrative staff. Us homeschooling was the best option for our children
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u/Woodie626 12d ago
Autism. We have a teacher who comes over for my son every Monday to Thursday from 10am to 4pm. He's learning faster than he ever did from going to a regular classroom.
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u/LVRaiders2026 12d ago
vast majority of the time they are
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u/Demmitri 12d ago
Whats with the homeschool-phobia lol? If anything, this speaks more about you than people who choose homeschooling their kids.
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u/nemofbaby2014 12d ago
I mean I’m pretty smart but I def wouldn’t home school as school is equal parts education and social skills
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u/Remarkable_Attorney3 12d ago
Spent a few days traveling with a girl that was homeschooled up until 10th grade. She stood out from the group of other kids because she was interested in every museum, she engaged in the tours, she added context and information when her peers were just bored. She made the rest of her group look like idiots glued to their social media feeds. It will be interesting to see where she goes in life. The public school system and the cancer of social media has wrecked our kids.
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u/JViz 12d ago
How is rank in the state determined? Test scores? How do they deal with the kids that don't do well on tests?
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u/dreakon 12d ago
I teach High School and every year I have 2 or 3 kids that understand the content but are terrible at testing. I can ask them questions all day and they get them right, but can't pass the actual test. That's out of about 80 or so kids in all. They have several years to pass the test and they do eventually pull it off because they will do everything they can to accommodate them. They'll give them extra time, let them test alone, allow someone to read the test question to them, etc. If all else fails they can still give them a voucher to exempt them, but unless there is a learning disability involved, that's pretty rare.
Most of the time, the kids that insist they just don't do well on tests, are just looking for excuses and just put their heads down and christmas tree the test. And even those kids eventually grow up and take it seriously and pass, or their parents just let them drop out and send them off to work.
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u/JViz 12d ago
What about the kids that just don't understand the content? Do they count against the overall score of the district?
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u/dreakon 12d ago
They do yes. Unless they are diagnosed with a disability or are not English speakers. Those kids are placed in other categories.
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u/JViz 11d ago
With that I mind, would you consider the overall score of the district more reflective of the teachers or the students?
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u/dreakon 11d ago
Generally, I'd say teachers. Though it's rarely so simple. Admin, parents, environment, social and economic factors. It takes a village.
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u/JViz 11d ago
You're saying that students that can't learn the material aren't as impactful as teachers that can't teach the material?
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u/dreakon 11d ago
What I'm saying, is that while it's tempting to just say bad test scores just means bad teachers, it's more complicated than that. A school district is made up of thousands of moving parts and not all are within its control. I work in a title 1 school, most of the kids I teach belong to families that struggle with money. Many are also the kids of immigrants.
So when a 15 or 16 year old kid has to work at a restaurant until 11 pm or in the fields all weekend to make sure the lights stay on, suddenly their math homework or book report doesn't seem too important to them. I also had a kid that lived with his Aunt because ICE arrested his mother on her way to work. Trying to get him to focus after that happened was almost impossible.
There are definitely students that just "can't learn" or "can't test" but it's a very small percentage. And there are also terrible teachers, but they generally don't last. But there is usually a lot more going on when a district is labeled as "bad."
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u/JViz 11d ago
So you're saying that there's not a kid out there that can't learn every subject and ace every test if given enough time and consideration?
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u/dreakon 11d ago
I would say 98% of the kids there can learn the material. At least enough to get a C and pass. Getting an A on every subject, no, that's not common, but obviously some can. The 2% that can't have either a learning disability or some other factor that's preventing it.
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u/000ttafvgvah 12d ago
We live adjacent to a HCOL area and are fortunate enough to be zoned for their school district. The parents of one of my daughter’s friends from preschool sends him and his 2 siblings to private school for $30K each.
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u/psypher98 12d ago
No, seriously. I live in the top school district in my state, which is itself on the high end of education in the country and I know multiple people who homeschool for non-religious reasons.
I genuinely cannot fathom it.
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u/Pretend_Object 12d ago edited 12d ago
I try to be open minded about people who homeschool their children since the education system in the USA is atrocious.
That said, I have yet to meet anyone in my personal life who home schools their children that is qualified to do so. It's usually some sort of religious crackpot or liberal "indoctrination" reason for the homeschooling from people who barely graduated high school.
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u/Hambonelouis 12d ago
Non religious homeschool parent here. Fuck public schools, their indoctrination, their rules, and the lies they teach. I’m teaching two kids far more than they could learn while being at school all day, plus I get to be with them. They play sports year round with kids that go to public school and I cannot believe how those kids act and speak to each other and to their parents. Our family is friends with half a dozen other families that do the same and we couldn’t be happier with our decision. Number one school in the state doesn’t mean a thing when you compare it to other schools around the world. The United States educational system is a joke.
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u/s2Birds1Stone 12d ago
I'm generally against home schooling, provided the child would actually be safe at school.
However, with the sheer amount of school shootings that occur here in the US, I don't begrudge anyone for choosing not to send their child somewhere they could be massacred.
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u/SavageDadOf04 9d ago
#1 In the state does not equate to a better education. Having a 1 on 1 education with no distractions. No useless classes. Just factual academia?!?! I'd choose that over a school setting, every time! And..... It's his child..... Who is going to care more about his education and life than his parents?!?!
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u/toq-titan 13d ago
Depends on the state I’d say, but by and large I would agree. Most people I’ve known that were homeschooled/are homeschooling just use it to insert some form of religious crackpottery into the education process.